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[review] Sephira - The Brotherhood of the Shadow

14 years
13.5 x 21.5 cm 464 pages
EUR: 19.95 CHF: 30.50

ISBN: 978-3-8000-5573 -9
content
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The content is this time not from the publisher - which reveals clearly that is too much. Instead of giving an insight into the history, the blurb after only betrays the entire content. And that should not be the intention.
Laurina is the daughter of a prince noridschen. As their nation is under attack by Christian zealots, Laurinas people remains nothing but flee across the water. But soon a storm at sea and on the ship capsizes.
Laurina only survives and washes up on the coast of Egypt, near Alexandria. Discovered there, the former Crusaders Gabriel stranded and takes it on with him. It does not take long Laurina to note that Gabriel has a few secrets from her - and it should turn out that Laurina itself is the largest of its secrets.


The book
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Sephira is beautifully crafted and well-founded historical fantasy that keeps a good balance between information and excitement.

setting is the time of the Crusades in and around Jerusalem, in the Saladin and Baldwin argue for control of Jerusalem. Apart from some irrelevant non-historical information, the reader, above all, insight into Laurinas Nordic gods, which is after all, rarely taught in schools. We learn thing or two about the Aesir and the polytheistic faith, which can be found among the ancient Egyptians.

Laurina itself is a strong woman. From her father she was raised as a boy and taught in the sword fight. She is impulsive, but also intelligent and persistent. All in all, it was brought up to rule - in the absence of a male heir.
But it's just guarded still very young and very grown up, so she hardly knows anything about love and sexual attraction.

The narrator turns again and again, even if dominated Laurina. She herself told from the first-person perspective, while the author has chosen for the rest of the narrator's personal narrative perspective. That does not bother to hardly at all. Irritation may come at the beginning, but the sets soon - especially since the personal narrative is used to provide a better overview.
In general, the story to read easily and quickly. Especially young and young at heart readers will feel comfortable here and maybe even find a new favorite book. This is a story without excessive romance or action and with enough information to the small curiosity to delete.






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